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THE DEVIL IN GREEN Final Cover Art

Final cover art for Mark Chadbourn's THE DEVIL IN GREEN by John Picacio

Here’s my final cover illustration for the forthcoming Pyr edition of Mark Chadbourn’s THE DARK AGE: BOOK 1 / THE DEVIL IN GREEN. It’s the first book of the trilogy that follows Chadbourn’s AGE OF MISRULE. The nice thing about THE DARK [Read it all...]

SA's Picacio Named Artist GoH of Capricon 31

(L to R): Capricon 31 Guests of Honor: John Scalzi, John Picacio, Janice Gelb, Stephen Boucher

Capricon 31 announced its Guest of Honor lineup this week. John Scalzi will be Author Guest of Honor; John Picacio will be Artist Guest of Honor; and Janice Gelb and Stephen Boucher will be Fan Guests of Honor. The [Read it all...]

THE WELL-BUILT CITY Wins Boskone 47's Best of Show

THE WELL-BUILT CITY by John Picacio. Mixed-media shadowbox assemblage created as the cover art for Jeffrey Ford's trilogy of the same name.

I’m back home in SA from an amazing trip to one of the great American sf/f cons — Boskone in Boston, MA. I’m proud to say that my mixed-media assemblage triptych for Jeffrey [Read it all...]

ZOO CITY Coming This May

Cover illustration by John Picacio for Lauren Beukes' ZOO CITY.

Here’s my recently-completed cover illustration for Lauren Beukes‘ forthcoming novel ZOO CITY. Lauren is the author of one of 2009’s breakout hits, MOXYLAND. She describes ZOO CITY as an urban fantasy — “a muti noir set in a re-imagined Johannesburg. It’s the story of a [Read it all...]

John Picacio: 2009 Body of Work

At the beginning of every New Year, I take one last look at my past year’s published work. It’s a time to take stock of my shortcomings, learn from mistakes, and hopefully do better in the coming months. Here’s a one-stop glance at my published art for 2009. Enjoy, and here’s to a better 2010 [Read it all...]

San Antonio's Best SF/F of 2009

We started Missions Unknown on May 24th, 2009, looking to delve into the SF/F/H happenings in the Alamo City. Frankly, we’ve been amazed at some of the killer things we’ve seen this year. Once again we weigh in with the best of San Antonio’s SF scene and we even solicited some other opinions as well. [Read it all...]

Our Favorite SF/F/H Enjoyed in 2009

With 2009 drawing to a close, we naturally have a tendency to look back upon the year that was. We have our favorite genre-related media: books, TV, movies, comics, games and more. We asked around too and got some additional input from Doctor Who Fans Unite’s Crystal Shedrock-Rangel, KiDDandGEEZER’s Frank Zieglar, James Hartz from Film [Read it all...]

Your Most Memorable SF/F Album Covers

When we saw on SF Signal that they were asking for your favorite SF/Fantasy book covers we knew we had to chime in with our picks. But then we realized that some of our favorite SF/F artists also did album covers and we realized we had to go there too. Today we present our picks [Read it all...]

Stephen King Art Beast Has Arrived!

Here's the slipcase cover for KNOWING DARKNESS. Art by Don Maitz.

KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING is massive and it’s here. It’s a gigantic art book published by Centipede Press, and it celebrates the full spectrum of visuals illustrating Stephen King’s books and media. Words can’t describe it, so I won’t even try. [Read it all...]

Missions Unknown's Memo to Thanksgiving

(l to r): Sanford Allen is grateful MOON didn't suck; John Picacio gives thanks for a Chesley Award win for his FF2 cover art; and Paul Vaughn is preparing for the first Thanksgiving on Mars.

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it, from all of us here at Missions Unknown! Hope your day is filled [Read it all...]